diff --git a/ckanext/pages/assets/webassets.yml b/ckanext/pages/assets/webassets.yml
index f42ab7de..c43f4562 100644
--- a/ckanext/pages/assets/webassets.yml
+++ b/ckanext/pages/assets/webassets.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ main-js:
     preload:
       - base/main
   contents:
-    - vendor/ckeditor/ckeditor.js
     - vendor/ckeditor/adapters/jquery.js
     - vendor/datepicker/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js
     - js/ckedit.js
diff --git a/ckanext/pages/theme/templates_main/ckanext_pages/base_form.html b/ckanext/pages/theme/templates_main/ckanext_pages/base_form.html
index 7e9546c0..e68ea3ad 100644
--- a/ckanext/pages/theme/templates_main/ckanext_pages/base_form.html
+++ b/ckanext/pages/theme/templates_main/ckanext_pages/base_form.html
@@ -137,3 +137,11 @@ <h1>{{ _('Edit page') }}</h1>
 
   {% endblock %}
 </form>
+
+{% block scripts %}
+ <!--
+  CKEditor needs to be loaded here instead of using webassets
+  or it won't load properly when setting debug=False
+  -->
+  <script src="/vendor/ckeditor/ckeditor.js"></script>
+{% endblock %}